in roijular order, it is true, but wo liopo so as to be understood. We are not writing 

 a book, and can not enter into all the details with minuteness. We have said nothing 

 of the soil, and will only remark that any good garden soil fit to produce culinary 

 vesjetables, or any good farm land fit for grain or root crops, will produce good Straw- 

 berries ; but it must be deeply plowed, or trenched, say twenty inches at least, and 

 liberally manured with well-decoraposed stable manure or a good compost. The 

 quantity of manure must vary according to the degree of natural fertility of the soil. 

 In one case, a quantity equal to six inches deep all over the surface would not be too 

 much ; while in other cases, half that would be enough. 



We would prefer not to make a Strawberry plantation twice on the same ground ; 

 but when circumstances render it inconvenient to change, rows of young plants might 

 be set, or allowed, to establish themselves from the runners, between the old rows, 

 which can then be turned under with the spade, and will serve to enrich the ground. 

 Now as to varieties. On this point there is room for a great diversity of opinion, 

 and we can not hope to name a list that will be acceptable to a very large number of 

 persons, at least in many parts of the country. Planters must have recourse to the 

 best experience to be found in their respective localities ; in the meantime we shall 

 express our opinion of a few varieties, and let it go for what it is worth. 



It happens that in this country the greater number of our most productive varieties 

 have but one set of the organs of fecundation. A fruitful flower must have both 

 pistils and stamens penectly developed. The stamens are regarded as the male 

 organs, and the pistils the female. When a flower has well-developed pistils, but no 

 stamens, or imperfect ones, it must be impregnated by pollen from other flowers. 

 Where a flower has no pistils, or has imperfect ones, it is utterly barren. A large 

 number of our best American varieties — such as Hovey^s Seedling, Burr's Neiv Pine, 

 McAvoi/s Superior,' Moyamensing, &c. — are wanting in stamens, and therefore for- 

 eign impregnation is necessary. In Europe this distinction is not observed to any 

 extent, and all the English and continental varieties, as far as we know, are hermaph- 

 rodite. In this country very many of them fail from an imperfect development of the 

 pistils, and are consequently barren, owing doubtless to the effects of climate and 

 culture. It is not necessary that the two should be in close proximity ; they are sure 

 to get impregnated if in the same garden, as the pollen is carried about from one 

 flower to another by insects. The beds of the diff"erent sorts may be kept entirely 

 separate. Mixing them up is a bad way, as the one outgrows and overruns the other, 

 and they become so confused that nothing can be done with them. On this account 

 many have grown tired of keeping up the distinction, and have resolved to cultivate 

 hermaphrodite sorts only. 



The following varieties are the best on the long list of those we have tested on our 

 own grounds : 



Pistillate. — Burr's New Pine, Jenny'' s Seedling, McAvoy^s Superior, ffovey^s 

 Seedling,' Moyamensing, Monroe Scarlet, and Crimson Cone. The finest flavored 

 iety among these, is Burrs New Pine ; the largest, Hoveyh Seedling ; an 

 and best for market, Jenny''s Seedling and Crimson Cone. Hoveyh Seedl 



